Get Smart Theme Analysis of Concepts

GET SMART THEME SONG

DURATION:

• Simple time signature (4/4)
• Regular four bar phrasing that is balanced
• Metrical
• Syncopated
• Slight changes in speed of tempo which are gradual
• The beat is indefinite although steady
• Regular accenting
• The bar lengths are constant

TONE COLOUR:

• Played by a brass ensemble.
• Performing media include; Trumpets, Saxophones, Trombones, Drums, Keyboard/Piano
• The mood created in this piece is very mysterious due to the texture created through the different layering of the performing media.
• In the beginning of the piece it starts suddenly with most of the instruments playing. In the middle section it begins to change with only two instruments being heard one being the piano. Lastly the instruments are all introduced back in and the rhythym changes and the music begins to build suspense and then the music finally drops out until the final notes are played on beats 1 and 3 of the last bar.

TEXTURE:

• Polyphonic Texture; there are many different melodies playing at the same time by different instruments that fit together. 
• The texture of this piece is rich, thick and full as there are many different layers to the piece. The background is played by instruments with a low pitch like the tuba and trombone, the middle ground is played by instruments like the saxophone and the foreground is mostly played by trumpets.